Newport420
06-26-2007, 12:28 PM
WOW. Thats a great one word "review" of Band of Brothers. I had been wanting to watch this HBO miniseries for quite some time and a couple weeks ago I found it on sale for 53 bucks at Best Buy. I just finished the series last night watching the last four 1 hour episodes in one sitting. Amazing is another great one word review.
For anyone who enjoyed Saving Private Ryan but wanted more.... this is it. In fact dare I say it spanks SPR in so many ways is not funny. The whole thing is ten 1 hour episodes and it takes you from basic training all the way through the end of the war and just a bit beyond. You get the whole story of Easy Company and the 101st Airborne Division. Each episode starts out with a brief few minutes of commentary from actual living members and then a solid hour of some of the best drama and action you have laid eyes on. There were so many nail biting, tear jerking moments that its impossible to list them all. The series was coporduced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg and stares a huge cast of people who all put in kick ass performances. Even Mark Wahlberg made me completely forget who he was and instead there was Seargent Lipton, the funky bunch was no where to be found. Each episode has a different director and thus has a distinct feel to it. But the series does an excellent job of staying consistent, developing all characters very well and puts you in just about every situation war could deliver. Its not just fighting and guns though there is always a healthy dose.
Bottomline is I can't say enough good things about this and hope that if any of you have been on the edge or just didn't know you'll go out and at least try an episode or two. The production value is top notch and they don't skimp on anything. The parachute drop over Normandy on D-Day for instance was incredible. To see just a ton of paratroopers, chutes deployed floating softly to the ground as their planes scream over head and a ton of anti aircraft fire slices and lights teh skies is just jaw dropping.
9.5 out of 10. Had to dock it a 0.5 as I just wanted more and think this could have been longer but considering what they did I'd say its as close to perfection as anyone could ask for.
Here is what Wikipedia has on the awards and a tid bit I truly relished.... the development of a sequel called The Pacific. Its not due till 2009 but I will most definitely keep it on my radar.
The series was nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award), and won six, including "Outstanding Mini-Series," "Outstanding Casting for a Mini-Series, Movie, or a Special," and "Outstanding Directing for a Mini-Series, Movie, or a Dramatic Special." It also won a Golden Globe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe) for "Best Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television," an American Film Institute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute) award, and was selected for a Peabody Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Award) for "...relying on both history and memory to create a new tribute to those who fought to preserve liberty." It also won a 2003 Writers Guild Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2003) (Television, Adapted Long Form) for episode six (Bastogne). It is also the highest-rated miniseries in IMDB.com.
For anyone who enjoyed Saving Private Ryan but wanted more.... this is it. In fact dare I say it spanks SPR in so many ways is not funny. The whole thing is ten 1 hour episodes and it takes you from basic training all the way through the end of the war and just a bit beyond. You get the whole story of Easy Company and the 101st Airborne Division. Each episode starts out with a brief few minutes of commentary from actual living members and then a solid hour of some of the best drama and action you have laid eyes on. There were so many nail biting, tear jerking moments that its impossible to list them all. The series was coporduced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg and stares a huge cast of people who all put in kick ass performances. Even Mark Wahlberg made me completely forget who he was and instead there was Seargent Lipton, the funky bunch was no where to be found. Each episode has a different director and thus has a distinct feel to it. But the series does an excellent job of staying consistent, developing all characters very well and puts you in just about every situation war could deliver. Its not just fighting and guns though there is always a healthy dose.
Bottomline is I can't say enough good things about this and hope that if any of you have been on the edge or just didn't know you'll go out and at least try an episode or two. The production value is top notch and they don't skimp on anything. The parachute drop over Normandy on D-Day for instance was incredible. To see just a ton of paratroopers, chutes deployed floating softly to the ground as their planes scream over head and a ton of anti aircraft fire slices and lights teh skies is just jaw dropping.
9.5 out of 10. Had to dock it a 0.5 as I just wanted more and think this could have been longer but considering what they did I'd say its as close to perfection as anyone could ask for.
Here is what Wikipedia has on the awards and a tid bit I truly relished.... the development of a sequel called The Pacific. Its not due till 2009 but I will most definitely keep it on my radar.
The series was nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award), and won six, including "Outstanding Mini-Series," "Outstanding Casting for a Mini-Series, Movie, or a Special," and "Outstanding Directing for a Mini-Series, Movie, or a Dramatic Special." It also won a Golden Globe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe) for "Best Mini-Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television," an American Film Institute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute) award, and was selected for a Peabody Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Award) for "...relying on both history and memory to create a new tribute to those who fought to preserve liberty." It also won a 2003 Writers Guild Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2003) (Television, Adapted Long Form) for episode six (Bastogne). It is also the highest-rated miniseries in IMDB.com.